China, Missouri
Missouri State Treasurer pledges support for bill requiring pensions to divest from China, other foreign adversariesMissouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek has pledged his support for a bill that would require government entities to divest themselves from any assets tied to China. House Bill 2143,… Read More
2024 election
Nevada voters to pick presidential candidate this week(The Center Square) – Nevada voters will head to the polls this week for their state’s Republican presidential primary, and in an unusual twist, their caucuses. Having both a primary… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Abbott, 13 governors: States can secure border, have right to self-defense(The Center Square) – Thirteen Republican governors joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Eagle Pass, Texas, Sunday to pledge their commitment to border security and states’ constitutional rights to self-defense. Read More
Illegal Immigration
Texas border czar: state’s successful immigration efforts push illegal entry west(The Center Square) – One year in as Texas’ “border czar,” Mike Banks says the state has been so successful at blocking illegal entry that cartel activity has been pushed… Read More
Biden administration
Biden’s natural gas export freeze under fire(The Center Square) – The Biden administration’s decision to freeze the approval of new export sites for liquefied natural gas is facing a growing contingent of critics. A coalition of… Read More
Border, Congress
‘Don’t fall for it’: Trump blasts Senate border bill(The Center Square) – Many Republicans already are criticizing a border bill expected to be voted on in the U.S. Senate. Former President Donald Trump blasted the proposed legislation Monday,… Read More
Missouri Legislature
Missouri’s legislative leaders expect more movement on several bills next week(The Center Square) – Republican leaders in both chambers of the Missouri legislature are looking ahead to floor debate on several legislative priorities this week. In the Senate, filibustering and… Read More
Josh Hawley
Oscars spotlight on atomic bomb film ‘Oppenheimer’ should also shine light on continuing victims of radiation, Hawley arguesWith Oppenheimer expected to win big at the Oscars next month, a celebration of the stunning film about the man who led the development of the atomic bomb presents an… Read More
Missouri
Missouri sheriff charged in domestic dispute kidnapping plot resigns(The Center Square) – A county sheriff charged with participating in alleged “criminal street gang activities” resigned from his office Wednesday before the start of a civil trial to remove… Read More
Gender Identity
States file brief in lawsuit to force VA to cover gender affirming surgery(The Center Square) – A group of states filed a friend of the court brief supporting a transgender veterans group that filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of… Read More
President Donald Trump
Colorado SOS files brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Trump case(The Center Square) – Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case involving former President Donald Trump’s removal from the 2024… Read More
Federal government
Ex-CIA agent gets 40 years in prison for largest data breach in agency history(The Center Square) – A former CIA agent convicted of the largest data breach in agency history along with child pornography is set to spend 40 years in prison. Joshua… Read More
Illinois
As others send units to southern border, Illinois sends National Guard to Mideast(The Center Square) – With the recent deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to the Middle East, some are asking why they weren’t sent south to help secure the… Read More
Gender, Kansas
Kansas 4-H declines to answer questions about controversial transgender housing policyKansas State University Research and Extension is refusing to say whether a controversial transgender housing policy remains in effect.As the Sentinel reported in late 2022, the housing policy at Rock Springs 4-H… Read More
Kansas City
No boiling seas here: Newest Clay County election director reports bipartisan camaraderie, confidence in local election integrityFire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave. Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living… Read More
Illegal Immigration
New York officials outraged over beating of NYPD officers by migrants(The Center Square) — New York Republicans are calling for the deportation of a group of undocumented migrants who were released without bail after a brutal beating of two NYPD… Read More
President Biden
Biden vague about East Palestine visit one year after train derailment(The Center Square) — As the one-year anniversary approaches of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, President Joe Biden says he will soon visit the area to meet with… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Another Texas county declares invasion, bringing total to 52(The Center Square) – A 52nd Texas county, Guadalupe County, has declared an invasion at the southern border. The county joins 51 others that declared an invasion, have expressed support… Read More
Crime
Report: Predators target children through online games(The Center Square) – Roughly a half-million predators comb through the internet in search of children to victimize, according to a survey conducted by Geonode, a geospatial data platform. Predators… Read More
Congress
Tax bill heads to Senate, faces uncertain future(The Center Square) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan tax bill with a vote of 357-70 late Wednesday, but that bill now faces an uncertain future in… Read More